Allawi touts high-profile arrests of Iraqi insurgents

Iraq's interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi reeled off the names of captured insurgents as he sought to convince the public that his government had made strides in its battle against a rebel movement.

The somber-faced Allawi, dressed in a brown suit, told a press conference Iraqi forces had jailed some of the top leaders of Mohammed's Army, a hardline Islamist movement, and other rebel groups.

"This indicates our forces' growing capabilties ... in dealing with such terrorist groups. Each time they choose a new leader for these terrorist groups they will be detained, captured and they will face trial," he said Monday.

Allawi first mentioned the previously announced November arrest of the Mohammed's Army leader, Muayyed Ahmed Yassin.

But Allawi then said Iraqi forces had arrested Yassin's successor as leader, named Raad al-Duri, but gave no further details on the capture.

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they are always high level.

I wouldn't want to be in his shoes.